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November 20, 2019

Brian Holmes says ‘Remember Your Roots’ (and Your Routes!) 

November 20, 2019/ Healy King
Brian Holmes says ‘Remember Your Roots’ (and Your Routes!) 

In our penultimate blog of the 40th Anniversary Series, we asked Brian Holmes to tell us more about the origins of Supporting Communities. This time we go all the way to 1976 for the full backstory!

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